2. The Machine is Us/ing Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
3. The Possibilities of Text
• Text on paper = unilinear
• Digital text = more flexible, moveable
• Hypertext = link outside the square
– Brings together form and content
• XML = frees things up even more
– Ability to arrange content as elements
– Context changes with arrangement
– Understanding enriched or manipulated
4. Producing Knowledge and Meaning
• Knowledge and meaning is produced by the
consumers
– ‘prosumers’
• Collaboration like no time in history
– Wikis, discussion boards, blogs
6. What is a Discussion Forum (Blog)
• An asynchronous communication tool
• Allows one individual to post a comment or
question online
• Members of the same discussion board may
read that comment/question, and respond
with their own remarks over time
http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/ocs/discuss.html
7. TERMINOLOGY
• Posts
– A question or comment by an individual
• Thread
– A group of connected posts (responses to original
post)
• Also known as
– Discussion boards, discussion forums, bulletin
boards, message boards, and (in certain
applications) blogs
8. Why use for this assignment?
• Allows reflection
• Requires you to state your thoughts
• Allows all students in the group to participate
and join-in the conversation
• Allows you to reference and bring external
sources of information into the conversation
(e.g., "according to this web site...")
• Creates a record or archive of conversations
http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/ocs/discussp2.html
9. Assessment Task
• Use your discussion board (blog) to
demonstrate collaboration
– Read each others posts
– Comment on them
• Add hyperlinked material
• Language less formal, however attention to
spelling and grammar still necessary
• Be mindful of citing
